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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...your article, "Hold Barred," included in the Radio department of TIME, April 24, be it known to you, sirs, that song lyrics need not be guilty of lingual tergiversation with a Krafft-Ebing tinge in order to get themselves barred from the Great Chains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 8, 1939 | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

...get the jitters every time I read in TIME, or the daily papers, the figures on the numerical strength of the U. S. Army. For example, the Detroit Free Press in a recent issue states that the U. S. has 185,000 men in its regular Army, and reserve forces of about 315,000 including the National Guard, whereas Germany, Italy and Japan have a combined active army of some 3,350,000 and reserves of about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 8, 1939 | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

...Hitler, but it is my belief that Hitler does not want war," Karpovich continued. "If he can not get what he wants by intimidation, he will probably not resort to arms...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Poland Will Defend Danzig," Claims Karpovich; "War Depends on Hitler" | 5/6/1939 | See Source »

Looking around anxiously, Vag spied his brother at the hot dog stand, and hurried over in time to hear him say, "Gimme a dog with all the trimmins, mister." Vag didn't remember Billy's ever cating a wienie before, but after all, if he wanted to go and get sick right in public, that was his own affair. Vag propelled the kid along through the crowd toward the sideshows. The nearest one was the fat lady...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 5/5/1939 | See Source »

...Fifty ponderous pachyderms await you here, ladies and gentlemen! See them lift a man; they trumpet, they bellow and they bawl! Peanuts here, get you peanuts here!" Vag collected a few bags of peanuts, feeling a little better about things in general. At least the elephants couldn't pester him the way the fat lady did! Billy was not so excited about the elephants, thought. In fact, when Vag lifted him up so he could see better, he protested violently that he could see all right on his own feet. He wasn't that small...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 5/5/1939 | See Source »

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